Boot or shoe



(No Model.)

W. OOMEY.

BOOT 0R SHOE.

Patented Feb. 14,1882.

N. PEYERS. Phoiouthographcr. Washington. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT WILLARD GOMEY, OF WESTBOROUGH, ASSIGNOR TO THE IMPROVED SOLE BOOT OR SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,586, dated February 14, 1882. Application filed December [9, 1881. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLARD OOMEY, of WVestborough, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented an improvement in Boots or Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate a shoe embodying my invention, Figure l is a side elevation, with a portion of the fore- [0 part and shank cutaway; Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the fore part on linem 90 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sect ion through the shank on line 3/ g of Fig. 1.

The upper A and inner sole, B, are lasted in the usual way. The welt or middle sole, 0, which extends back only to the shank d, is sewed to the fore part of the upper A and inner sole, B, by a lineol'stitchrs passing through the welt 0, upper A, and that part of the innor sole under the lip of the channel a.

The outer sole, 1), is laid on andjts fore part, d, is sewed to the welt or middle sole, 0, by a line of stitches passing through the welt or middle sole and through that part of the outer sole covered b the lip d" of the channel. These parts are clearly shown in Fig. 2, in which a strip of leather, 0, extends around the fore part of the shoe, between the upperA and outer sole, D. This strip (3 is the welt, which is nearly always used,'the space between the inner and outer soles and the edges of the welt and upper being usually filled with some suitable material. Sometimes, however, instead of the strip 0, the leather extends en- 5 tirely across and forms a middle sole; but it is evident that for holding the outer sole either a welt or a middle sole may be used, since the outer portions of the middle sole serve as a welt. The shank d of the outer sole, 1), is

40 then sewed to theinner sole, B, and upper A, (no welt or middle sole being used on this part,) by a line of stitches passing through that part of the outer sole covered by theli p of the channel 61 through the upper, and through that part of the inner sole covered by the lip of the chan nel a. These parts are clearly shown in Fig. 3,

in which the upper and outersoles are in contact, the interposed strip which is used on the fore part not being used in this part.

The heel part 61 ot' the outer sole, D, may be similarly sewed on, or may be attached by nails to the inner sole and upper. The shoe is finished in the usual way.

By this improved method of constructionwhich consists of three separate operations of machine-sewing, viz: first, sewing the welt or middle sole to the fore part of the inner sole and upper, as above described; second, sewing the fore part of the outer sole to the welt or middle sole, as aboye described; and, third, sewing the shank of the outer sole to the inner sole and upper, as above described-I am enabled to produce a shoe with a shank narrower and lighter and more elastic than can be made by any process heretofore employed that I am aware of, and at the same time improve the appearance and general style and elasticity of machine-sewed shoes.

In the foregoing description, and as 1 prefer to make a shoe, the lore part of the outer 7o sole is sewed to the welt or middle sole before the shank of the outer sole is sewed to the inner sole and upper; but it is evident that the shank may be sewed on first, and that the shoe may be put on the last, and the fore part of the outer sole be then sewed to the weltor middle sole.

I claim as my invention- The improved shoe above described, consisting of the upper A, channeled insole B, partial belt or middle sole, 0, and channeled outer sole, D, the well; or middle sole, 0, being sewed to the fore part of the upper and insole, as described, by one line of stitches, and to the fore partof the outer solo by a second line of stitches, and the shank of the outer sole being sewed to the shank of the upper and inner sole by a third line of stitches, as described.

WILLARD OOMEY.

Witnesses:

WM. ZIT'rEL, J. R. Snow. 

